Attempted invasions of Canada, Greenland, and/or Panama would likely be costly, bloody debacle. Especially Canada. Even if we did take Canada, we could never hold it for long. It's just too big. Even if all the US troops from around the world were recalled, there's not enough and they're exhausted anyway. The logistical load would be immense and there's no chance of surprise. The US would need to start the draft again and it takes years to train troops on our high tech weapons.
Meanwhile, the Canadians would have both home field advantage and intimate knowledge of our systems and tactics. Meanwhile, Article 5 of NATO could be activated and the UK and EU could come in on the Canadian side.
Then we have Panama, which could easily become the next Vietnam. We all know how that worked out. 🙄 An attack on Greenland (as it's a Danish territory) could also provoke a NATO response.
Now he's claiming the 1908 treaty which demarked the northern border is valid. Jeezuz.
He is also attacking out two nations' water agreements which is personal for me as a resident of Michigan right in the middle of the largest fresh water resource on the planet! The Great Lakes Compact is a law that protects the Great Lakes from water depletion. It was signed into law in 2008 by the eight Great Lakes states, the U.S. Congress, and President George W. Bush. It prevents water from being siphoned out of the Great Lakes Basin so as to not be sent to places like Kansas or Texas.
"In 1814 a British raiding party burned Washington, humiliating the war-leading administration of James Madison." And yet some Canadians somehow claim patriotically that "we" did it, clearly not knowing that the true Dominion of Canada did not exist until 1867. (In contrast, American First Lady Dolley Madison played a major role in securing the preservation of historical artifacts against the flames.)
You can't trust Trump on what he says. He knows as little about history as he does about economics or anything else. And he certainly does not know the landscape of Canada or its people at all, or else he would not have made a claim on us.
Attempted invasions of Canada, Greenland, and/or Panama would likely be costly, bloody debacle. Especially Canada. Even if we did take Canada, we could never hold it for long. It's just too big. Even if all the US troops from around the world were recalled, there's not enough and they're exhausted anyway. The logistical load would be immense and there's no chance of surprise. The US would need to start the draft again and it takes years to train troops on our high tech weapons.
Meanwhile, the Canadians would have both home field advantage and intimate knowledge of our systems and tactics. Meanwhile, Article 5 of NATO could be activated and the UK and EU could come in on the Canadian side.
Then we have Panama, which could easily become the next Vietnam. We all know how that worked out. 🙄 An attack on Greenland (as it's a Danish territory) could also provoke a NATO response.
Some tactical geniuses we've got. 🙄
Canada is also a member of NATO and would call on the fellow treaty members to intervene, potentially setting off a war between the US and Europe.
Now he's claiming the 1908 treaty which demarked the northern border is valid. Jeezuz.
He is also attacking out two nations' water agreements which is personal for me as a resident of Michigan right in the middle of the largest fresh water resource on the planet! The Great Lakes Compact is a law that protects the Great Lakes from water depletion. It was signed into law in 2008 by the eight Great Lakes states, the U.S. Congress, and President George W. Bush. It prevents water from being siphoned out of the Great Lakes Basin so as to not be sent to places like Kansas or Texas.
"In 1814 a British raiding party burned Washington, humiliating the war-leading administration of James Madison." And yet some Canadians somehow claim patriotically that "we" did it, clearly not knowing that the true Dominion of Canada did not exist until 1867. (In contrast, American First Lady Dolley Madison played a major role in securing the preservation of historical artifacts against the flames.)
You can't trust Trump on what he says. He knows as little about history as he does about economics or anything else. And he certainly does not know the landscape of Canada or its people at all, or else he would not have made a claim on us.
A must be strategy before CANADIAN elections.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/greenland-plans-to-ban-foreign-political-funding-over-trump-led-election-fears
Thank you for this. It has to be a coincidence. I cannot believe that Trump would know this information as a strategic strategy.
Speaking Fenians- song played in the John Wayne/Maureen O'Hara movie Rio Grande
Twas down by the glenside, I met an old woman
A-plucking young nettles, she ne'er saw me coming
I listened a while to the song she was humming
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men
'Tis fifty long years since I saw the moon beaming
On strong manly forms, on eyes with hope gleaming
I see them again, sure, in all my sad dreaming
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men.
When I was a young girl, their marching and drilling
Awoke in the glenside sounds awesome and thrilling
They loved dear old Ireland, to die they were willing
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men.
Some died by the glenside, some died near a stranger
And wise men have told us their cause was a failure
But they stood by old Ireland and never feared danger
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men
I passed on my way, God be praised that I met her
Be life long or short, sure I'll never forget her
We may have brave men, but we'll never have better
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men